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Deb Haaland, a former U.S. interior secretary and member of Congress, has been elected as the first female Native American governor of any U.S. state, winning the New Mexico gubernatorial race against Republican Greggory D. Hull. The Associated Press declared Haaland the winner at 10:40 p.m. EST. Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, will succeed outgoing Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is term-limited. During her campaign, Haaland pledged to make New Mexico a capital of resistance to President Donald Trump's administration, emphasizing the need to make life more affordable for New Mexicans.
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